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Prete SP, Giuliani A, D'Atri S, Graziani G, Balduzzi A, Oggioni MR, Iona E, Girolomoni G, Bonmassar L, Romani L, Franzese O. BCG-infected adherent mononuclear cells release cytokines that regulate group 1 CD1 molecule expression. Int Immunopharmacol 2007; 7:321-32. [PMID: 17276890 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2006.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2006] [Revised: 11/08/2006] [Accepted: 11/15/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Increasing evidence is now available showing that CD1-restricted T cell responses against non-peptide mycobacterial antigens could play a role in the immune resistance against tuberculosis. BCG, widely used in anti-tubercular vaccination, shares various constituents with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but does not provide full protection. In the present study we have investigated the pattern of group 1 CD1 molecule expression in adherent mononuclear cells (AMNC) of human peripheral blood, infected in vitro with BCG. Shortly after exposure to BCG, both BCG-positive and BCG-negative AMNC showed a moderate CD1 expression elicited by BCG-induced release of GM-CSF presumably acting through an autocrine and a paracrine mechanism. This was demonstrated using two-color flow cytometry with green fluorescent BCG and anti-CD1 PE-labeled antibodies. However, high CD1 expression induced by exogenously added GM-CSF in AMNC was reduced if target cells were cocultivated with BCG. Monoclonal antibodies against IL-10 partially restored CD1 expression, thus showing that IL-10, released from infected AMNC, is involved, at least in part, in CD1 negative modulation. Therefore, through a complex cytokine network, including not yet identified factor(s), BCG triggers but does not allow full expression of CD1 on AMNC. It cannot be excluded that this mechanism could play a role in the limited efficiency of BCG vaccination.
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Srivastava M, Meinders A, Steinwede K, Maus R, Lucke N, Bühling F, Ehlers S, Welte T, Maus UA. Mediator responses of alveolar macrophages and kinetics of mononuclear phagocyte subset recruitment during acute primary and secondary mycobacterial infections in the lungs of mice. Cell Microbiol 2007; 9:738-52. [PMID: 17054437 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2006.00824.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Little is known about the activation programme induced in alveolar macrophages upon phagocytosis of mycobacteria and the concomitant mononuclear phagocyte migratory responses that shape the acute phase of mycobacterial infection. Using high-speed cell sorting in conjunction with real-time RT-PCR analysis, we show that sorted alveolar macrophages of transgenic CX3CR1+/GFP mice infected with red fluorescent-labelled Mycobacterium bovis BCG exhibited weak transcriptional changes of lysosomal cathepsins B, L, D, K and S, whereas antimicrobial cathepsin G was strongly induced upon infection. Moreover, mRNA levels of pattern recognition receptors TLR2, TLR4 and NOD2 were downregulated as were neutrophil chemoattractants KC, MIP-2 and IP-10, whereas highly upregulated mRNA levels of the monocyte chemoattractant CCL2 were observed. M. bovis BCG infection of the mice elicited the alveolar accumulation of highly CX3CR1-positive alveolar dendritic cells but not neutrophils within the alveolar compartment, whereas no increased accumulation of CX3CR1high lung parenchymal dendritic cells (lung DC) or CX3CR1neg lung macrophages compared with controls was noted. In contrast, CX3CR1+/GFP mice previously immunized with M. bovis BCG rapidly responded with increased accumulations of both CX3CR1high alveolar and lung parenchymal DC and CX3CR1neg lung macrophages upon intratracheal M. bovis BCG challenge. Moreover, alveolar and lung macrophages and lung DC were found to contribute to early uptake of M. bovis BCG. Together, acute mycobacterial infection triggers both rapid changes in gene expression profiles in infected alveolar macrophages and a compartment-specific accumulation of mononuclear phagocyte subsets contributing to M. bovis BCG uptake in vivo.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- CX3C Chemokine Receptor 1
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
- Lung/metabolism
- Lung/microbiology
- Lung/pathology
- Macrophages, Alveolar/metabolism
- Macrophages, Alveolar/microbiology
- Macrophages, Alveolar/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Transgenic
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Monocytes/metabolism
- Monocytes/microbiology
- Monocytes/pathology
- Mycobacterium bovis/growth & development
- Nod2 Signaling Adaptor Protein/genetics
- Nod2 Signaling Adaptor Protein/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Chemokine/genetics
- Receptors, Chemokine/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Toll-Like Receptor 2/genetics
- Toll-Like Receptor 2/metabolism
- Toll-Like Receptor 4/genetics
- Toll-Like Receptor 4/metabolism
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/genetics
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/metabolism
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/microbiology
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- Mrigank Srivastava
- Laboratory for Experimental Lung Research, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Hannover School of Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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There are more cases of tuberculosis in the world today than at any other time in history. The global epidemic has generated intense interest into the immunological mechanisms that control infection. Although CD4+ T cells play a critical role in host immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, there is considerable interest in understanding the role of other T cell subsets in preventing disease development following infection. CD8+ T cells are required for optimum host defense following M. tuberculosis infection, which has led to investigation into how this protective effect is mediated. A critical review of recent literature regarding the role of CD8+ T cells in protective immunity to M. tuberculosis infection is now required to address the strengths and weaknesses of these studies. In this article, we evaluate the evidence that CD8+ T cells are critical in immunity to M. tuberculosis infection. We discuss the specific mycobacterial proteins that are recognized by CD8+ T cells elicited during infection. Finally, we examine the effector mechanisms of CD8+ T cells generated during infection and synthesize recent studies to consider the protective roles that these T cells serve in vivo.
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- Joshua S M Woodworth
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Murray RA, Mansoor N, Harbacheuski R, Soler J, Davids V, Soares A, Hawkridge A, Hussey GD, Maecker H, Kaplan G, Hanekom WA. Bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccination of human newborns induces a specific, functional CD8+ T cell response. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 177:5647-51. [PMID: 17015753 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.8.5647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mounting evidence points to CD8+ T cells playing an important role in protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The only available vaccine against tuberculosis, bacillus Calmette Guérin (BCG), has traditionally been viewed not to induce these cells optimally. In this study, we show that vaccination of human newborns with BCG does indeed induce a specific CD8+ T cell response. These cells degranulated or secreted IFN-gamma, but not both, when infant blood was incubated with BCG. This stimulation also resulted in proliferation and up-regulation of cytotoxic molecules. Overall, the specific CD8+ T cell response was quantitatively smaller than the BCG-induced CD4+ T cell response. Incubation of whole blood with M. tuberculosis also caused CD8+ T cell IFN-gamma expression. We conclude that BCG induces a robust CD8+ T cell response, which may contribute to vaccination-induced protection against tuberculosis.
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O'Sullivan MP, O'Leary S, Kelly DM, Keane J. A caspase-independent pathway mediates macrophage cell death in response to Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Infect Immun 2007; 75:1984-93. [PMID: 17283090 PMCID: PMC1865710 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01107-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Macrophages can undergo apoptosis after infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This macrophage response deprives the bacillus of its niche cell and supports the host response through better antigen presentation. The intracellular pathways of apoptosis that elaborate this macrophage response are not well understood. To address this issue, we investigated the contribution of various apoptosis pathways to M. tuberculosis-induced macrophage cell death. We found that macrophages die in a caspase-independent manner after infection with M. tuberculosis (at multiplicities of infection ranging from 1 to 20). There was evidence for the involvement of both the mitochondria (cleavage of Bid) and the lysosomes (cathepsin-mediated DNA fragmentation) in this cell death pathway. Dying macrophages displayed several features typical of apoptosis, including DNA fragmentation, nuclear condensation, and exposure of phosphatidylserine on the plasma membrane. However, nuclear fragmentation was not observed, which suggests that M. tuberculosis-induced cell death differs in some respects from classical apoptosis. This novel mechanism of cell death was blocked by serine protease inhibitors. A better understanding of this protective macrophage response may direct new vaccine and treatment options.
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- Mary P O'Sullivan
- Departmrent of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital, CResT, Dublin 8, Ireland
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Apoptosis triggered by Rv1818c, a PE family gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is regulated by mitochondrial intermediates in T cells. Microbes Infect 2006; 9:271-81. [PMID: 17223373 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2006] [Revised: 11/10/2006] [Accepted: 11/24/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ectopic expression of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PE-family gene Rv1818c, triggers apoptosis in the mammalian Jurkat T cells, which is blocked by anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2. Although complete overlap is not observed, a considerable proportion of cellular pools of ectopically expressed Rv1818c localizes to mitochondria. However, recombinant Rv1818c does not trigger release of cytochrome c from isolated mitochondria even though Rv1818c protein induced apoptosis of Jurkat T cells. Apoptosis induced by Rv1818c is blocked by the broad-spectrum caspase inhibitory peptide zVAD-FMK. Unexpectedly, Rv1818c-induced apoptosis is not blocked in a Jurkat sub-clone deficient for caspase-8 (JI 9.2) or in cells where caspase-9 function is inhibited or expression of caspase-9 reduced by siRNA, arguing against a central role for these caspases in Rv1818c-induced apoptotic signaling. Depleting cellular pools of the mitochondrial protein Smac/DIABLO substantially reduces apoptosis consistent with mitochondrial involvement in this death pathway. We present evidence that Rv1818c-induced apoptosis is blocked by the co-transfection of an endogenous inhibitor of caspase activation, XIAP in T cells. Additionally, Rv1818c is released into extracellular environment via exosomes secreted by M. tuberculosis infected BM-DC's and macrophages. Furthermore, the extracellular Rv1818c protein can be detected in T cells co-cultured with infected BM-DC's. Taken together, these data suggest that Rv1818c-induced apoptotic signaling is likely regulated in part by the Smac-dependent activation of caspases in T cells.
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Rachman H, Kim N, Ulrichs T, Baumann S, Pradl L, Eddine AN, Bild M, Rother M, Kuban RJ, Lee JS, Hurwitz R, Brinkmann V, Kosmiadi GA, Kaufmann SH. Critical role of methylglyoxal and AGE in mycobacteria-induced macrophage apoptosis and activation. PLoS One 2006; 1:e29. [PMID: 17183656 PMCID: PMC1762319 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2006] [Accepted: 09/17/2006] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Apoptosis and activation of macrophages play an important role in the host response to mycobacterial infection involving TNF-α as a critical autocrine mediator. The underlying mechanisms are still ill-defined. Here, we demonstrate elevated levels of methylglyoxal (MG), a small and reactive molecule that is usually a physiological product of various metabolic pathways, and advanced glycation end products (AGE) during mycobacterial infection of macrophages, leading to apoptosis and activation of macrophages. Moreover, we demonstrate abundant AGE in pulmonary lesions of tuberculosis (TB) patients. Global gene expression profiling of MG-treated macrophages revealed a diverse spectrum of functions induced by MG, including apoptosis and immune response. Our results not only provide first evidence for the involvement of MG and AGE in TB, but also form a basis for novel intervention strategies against infectious diseases in which MG and AGE play critical roles.
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- Helmy Rachman
- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of ImmunologyBerlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of ImmunologyBerlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of ImmunologyBerlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of ImmunologyBerlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of ImmunologyBerlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of ImmunologyBerlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of ImmunologyBerlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of Molecular BiologyBerlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Charité, Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of ImmunologyBerlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Core FacilityBerlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Core FacilityBerlin, Germany
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- Central Tuberculosis Research Institute, Department of Immunology 2Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of ImmunologyBerlin, Germany
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Hogan LH, Co DO, Karman J, Heninger E, Suresh M, Sandor M. Virally activated CD8 T cells home to Mycobacterium bovis BCG-induced granulomas but enhance antimycobacterial protection only in immunodeficient mice. Infect Immun 2006; 75:1154-66. [PMID: 17178783 PMCID: PMC1828579 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00943-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The effect of secondary infections on CD4 T-cell-regulated chronic granulomatous inflammation is not well understood. Here, we have investigated the effect of an acute viral infection on the cellular composition and bacterial protection in Mycobacterium bovis strain bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG)-induced granulomas using an immunocompetent and a partially immunodeficient murine model. Acute lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) coinfection of C57BL/6 mice led to substantial accumulation of gamma interferon (IFN-gamma)-producing LCMV-specific T cells in liver granulomas and increased local IFN-gamma. Despite traffic of activated T cells that resulted in a CD8 T-cell-dominated granuloma, the BCG liver organ load was unaltered from control levels. In OT-1 T-cell-receptor (TCR) transgenic mice, ovalbumin (OVA) immunization or LCMV coinfection of BCG-infected mice induced CD8 T-cell-dominated granulomas containing large numbers of non-BCG-specific activated T cells. The higher baseline BCG organ load in this CD8 TCR transgenic animal allowed us to demonstrate that OVA immunization and LCMV coinfection increased anti-BCG protection. The bacterial load remained substantially higher than in mice with a more complete TCR repertoire. Overall, the present study suggests that peripherally activated CD8 T cells can be recruited to chronic inflammatory sites, but their contribution to protective immunity is limited to conditions of underlying immunodeficiency.
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- Laura H Hogan
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 1300 University Ave., Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Tuberculosis (TB), an illness that mainly affects the respiratory system, is one of the world's most pernicious diseases. TB currently infects one-third of the world's population and kills approximately 1.7 million people each year. Most infected individuals fail to progress to full-blown disease because the TB bacilli are 'walled off' by the immune system inside a tissue nodule known as a granuloma. The granuloma's primary function is one of containment and it prevents the dissemination of the mycobacteria. But what is the role of the TB bacillus in the progression of the granuloma? This Review explores how Mycobacterium tuberculosis influences granuloma formation and maintenance, and ensures the spread of the disease.
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- David G Russell
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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Gröbner S, Autenrieth SE, Soldanova I, Gunst DSJ, Schaller M, Bohn E, Müller S, Leverkus M, Wesselborg S, Autenrieth IB, Borgmann S. Yersinia YopP-induced apoptotic cell death in murine dendritic cells is partially independent from action of caspases and exhibits necrosis-like features. Apoptosis 2006; 11:1959-68. [PMID: 17036200 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-006-0189-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Yersinia outer protein P (YopP) is a virulence factor of Yersinia enterocolitica that is injected into the cytosol of host cells where it targets MAP kinase kinases (MKKs) and inhibitor of kappaB kinase (IKK)-beta resulting in inhibition of cytokine production as well as induction of apoptosis in murine macrophages and dendritic cells (DC). Here we show that DC death was only partially prevented by the broad spectrum caspase inhibitor zVAD-fmk, indicating simultaneous caspase-dependent and caspase-independent mechanisms of cell death induction by YopP. Microscopic analyses and measurement of cell size demonstrated necrosis-like morphology of caspase-independent cell death. Application of zVAD-fmk prevented cleavage of procaspases and Bid, decrease of the inner transmembrane mitochondrial potential DeltaPsi(m) and mitochondrial release of cytochrome c. From these data we conclude that YopP-induced activation of the mitochondrial death pathway is mediated upstream via caspases. In conclusion, our results suggest that YopP simultaneously induces caspase-dependent apoptotic and caspase-independent necrosis-like death in DC. However, it has to be resolved if necrosis-like DC death occurs independently from apoptotic events or as an apoptotic epiphenomenon.
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- Sabine Gröbner
- Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany.
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Heninger E, Hogan LH, Karman J, Macvilay S, Hill B, Woods JP, Sandor M. Characterization of the Histoplasma capsulatum-induced granuloma. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:3303-13. [PMID: 16920971 PMCID: PMC2748851 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.5.3303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Rising rates of Histoplasma capsulatum infection are an emerging problem among the rapidly growing population of immune-compromised individuals. Although there is a growing understanding of systemic immunity against Histoplasma, little is known about the local granulomatous response, which is an important component in the control of infection. The focus of this article is the characterization of Histoplasma-induced granulomas. Five days after i.p. infection, infected macrophage appear in the liver and lung; however, no granulomas are apparent. Two days later, well-formed sarcoid granulomas are abundant in the lung and liver of infected mice, which contain all visible Histoplasma. Granulomas are dominated by macrophage and lymphocytes. Most of the Histoplasma and most of the apoptotic cells are found in the center of the lesions. We isolated liver granulomas at multiple time points after infection and analyzed the cellular composition, TCR gene usage, and cytokine production of granuloma-infiltrating cells. The lesions contain both CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets, and T cells are the primary source of IFN-gamma and IL-17. The main source of local TNF-alpha is macrophage. Chemokines are produced by both infiltrating macrophage and lymphocytes. Dendritic cells are present in granulomas; however, T cell expansion seems to occur systemically because TCR usage is very heterogeneous even at the level of individual lesions. This study is the first direct examination of host cellular responses in the Histoplasma-induced granuloma representing the specific interface between host and pathogen. Our studies will allow further analysis of key elements of host Histoplasma interactions at the site of chronic infection.
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- Erika Heninger
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
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- Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
- Cellular and Molecular Pathology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Matyas Sandor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin, 5460 MSC, 1300 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706.
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CD1-restricted T cells can be activated by diverse lipids derived from mammals, bacteria and protozoa. Certain lipids function as antigens, which bind to CD1 proteins and contact T cell antigen receptors. Other lipids activate CD1-restricted T cells by functioning as adjuvants. By stimulating Toll-like receptors on antigen-presenting cells, these adjuvants alter cytokine secretion, lipid antigen synthesis and CD1 protein translation. Delineation of the separate mechanisms by which adjuvants and antigens activate CD1-restricted T cells is leading to new hypotheses about the functions of individual CD1 proteins during the transition from innate to acquired immune responses.
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- D Branch Moody
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology & Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Luu RA, Gurnani K, Dudani R, Kammara R, van Faassen H, Sirard JC, Krishnan L, Sad S. Delayed expansion and contraction of CD8+ T cell response during infection with virulent Salmonella typhimurium. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:1516-25. [PMID: 16849458 PMCID: PMC4015949 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.3.1516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Ag presentation to CD8(+) T cells often commences immediately after infection, which facilitates their rapid expansion and control of infection. Subsequently, the primed cells undergo rapid contraction. We report that this paradigm is not followed during infection with virulent Salmonella enterica, serovar Typhimurium (ST), an intracellular bacterium that replicates within phagosomes of infected cells. Although susceptible mice die rapidly (approximately 7 days), resistant mice (129 x 1SvJ) harbor a chronic infection lasting approximately 60-90 days. Using rOVA-expressing ST (ST-OVA), we show that T cell priming is considerably delayed in the resistant mice. CD8(+) T cells that are induced during ST-OVA infection undergo delayed expansion, which peaks around day 21, and is followed by protracted contraction. Initially, ST-OVA induces a small population of cycling central phenotype (CD62L(high)IL-7Ralpha(high)CD44(high)) CD8(+) T cells. However, by day 14-21, majority of the primed CD8(+) T cells display an effector phenotype (CD62L(low)IL-7Ralpha(low)CD44(high)). Subsequently, a progressive increase in the numbers of effector memory phenotype cells (CD62L(low)IL-7Ralpha(high)CD44(high)) occurs. This differentiation program remained unchanged after accelerated removal of the pathogen with antibiotics, as majority of the primed cells displayed an effector memory phenotype even at 6 mo postinfection. Despite the chronic infection, CD8(+) T cells induced by ST-OVA were functional as they exhibited killing ability and cytokine production. Importantly, even memory CD8(+) T cells failed to undergo rapid expansion in response to ST-OVA infection, suggesting a delay in T cell priming during infection with virulent ST-OVA. Thus, phagosomal lifestyle may allow escape from host CD8(+) T cell recognition, conferring a survival advantage to the pathogen.
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- Rachel A. Luu
- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, National Research Council-Institute for Biological Sciences, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, National Research Council-Institute for Biological Sciences, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, National Research Council-Institute for Biological Sciences, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, National Research Council-Institute for Biological Sciences, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, National Research Council-Institute for Biological Sciences, Ontario, Canada
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Institut de Biologie, Campus Pasteur Lille, Lille, France
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- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, National Research Council-Institute for Biological Sciences, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratory of Cellular Immunology, National Research Council-Institute for Biological Sciences, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Subash Sad, Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council, Building M-54, 1200 Montreal Road, Room 127, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6.
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De Libero G, Mori L. Mechanisms of lipid-antigen generation and presentation to T cells. Trends Immunol 2006; 27:485-92. [PMID: 16911876 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2006.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2006] [Revised: 07/11/2006] [Accepted: 08/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The presentation of lipid antigens by CD1 molecules follows precise rules imposed by the biochemical nature of lipids. The structures of CD1-lipid complexes are elucidating how T-cell receptors interact with hydrophobic antigens. The mechanism of lipid uptake and the pathways followed by lipids embedded in the cell membrane contribute to the efficient presentation of exogenous and self-lipids. Lipid presentation is further regulated by the trafficking route of CD1 proteins and their precise membrane localization within endosomal vesicles. Moreover, the generation of immunogenic lipids might require adequate processing, which occurs in the presence of lipid-binding proteins, including CD1e. Here, we review recent experimental evidence that has revealed new protagonists involved in generating immunogenic lipids and has indicated unexpected biological mechanisms contributing to immune recognition.
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- Gennaro De Libero
- Experimental Immunology, Department of Research, University Hospital, University of Basel, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.
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De Libero G, Mori L. How T lymphocytes recognize lipid antigens. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:5580-7. [PMID: 16949584 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2006] [Revised: 08/15/2006] [Accepted: 08/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Recognition of lipid antigens by T lymphocytes is well established. Lipids are recognized by T cells when presented in association with CD1 antigen-presenting molecules. Both microbial and self lipids stimulate specific T lymphocytes, thus participating in immune reactions during infections and autoimmune diseases. The immune system uses a variety of strategies to solubilise lipid antigens, to facilitate their internalization, processing, and loading on CD1 molecules. Recent studies in the field of lipid antigen presentation have revealed new mechanisms which allow the immune system to sense lipids as stimulatory antigens.
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- Gennaro De Libero
- Experimental Immunology, Department of Research, University Hospital, University of Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland.
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Plesa G, McKenna PM, Schnell MJ, Eisenlohr LC. Immunogenicity of cytopathic and noncytopathic viral vectors. J Virol 2006; 80:6259-66. [PMID: 16775313 PMCID: PMC1488949 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00084-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The impact of cytolytic versus noncytolytic viral infections on host responses is not well understood, due to limitations of the systems that have been used to address this issue. Using paired cytopathic and noncytopathic rabies viruses that differ by only two amino acids, we investigated several fundamental aspects of the immune response to these viral vectors. Greater cytopathic capacity translated into a greater degree of cross-priming to CD8(+) T cells (T(CD8)(+)) and more-robust short-term humoral and cellular responses. However, long-term responses to the two viruses were similar, suggesting that direct priming drives the bulk of the T(CD8)(+) antirabies response and that enhanced acute responses associated with greater virally mediated cellular destruction were balanced by other factors, such as prolonged antigen expression associated with noncytopathic virus. Such compensatory mechanisms may be in place to ensure comparable immunologic memories to various pathogens.
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- Gabriela Plesa
- Thomas Jefferson University, Kimmel Cancer Center, 233 S. 10th Street, BLSB 730, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Lewinsohn DM, Grotzke JE, Heinzel AS, Zhu L, Ovendale PJ, Johnson M, Alderson MR. Secreted proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis gain access to the cytosolic MHC class-I antigen-processing pathway. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:437-42. [PMID: 16785540 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.1.437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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CD8+ T cells play an important role in the host response to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Mtb resides in an arrested phagosome that is phenotypically similar to an early endosome. The mechanisms by which Mtb-derived Ags gain access to the HLA-I-processing pathway are incompletely characterized. Studies with CD8+ T cell lines have suggested that Mtb Ags gain access to the HLA-I pathway in an alternate vacuolar pathway that is both brefeldin A (BFA) and TAP independent. To define the requirements of entry of Ag into the HLA-I pathway, we have used human CD8+ T cell clones specific for the secreted Mtb Ag CFP10. Human monocyte-derived dendritic cells were pulsed with CFP10 expressed in a recombinant adenovirus, surface adsorbed to microspheres, or in its native form by Mtb. When delivered by adenovirus, processing and presentation of CFP10 were blocked by both BFA and the proteasomal blocker lactacystin. In contrast, processing of CFP10 adsorbed to the surface of microspheres was not affected by either of these Ag-processing inhibitors. BFA, lactacystin, and TAP inhibition blocked the recognition of Mtb-infected dendritic cells, suggesting that processing was via a cytosolic pathway for this secreted protein Ag. We conclude that secreted proteins from Mtb can be processed in a BFA- and proteasome-dependent manner, consistent with egress of Ag into the cytosol and subsequent loading of proteasomally derived peptides.
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- David M Lewinsohn
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University/Portland Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, 3710 U.S. Veterans Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA.
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Tan BH, Meinken C, Bastian M, Bruns H, Legaspi A, Ochoa MT, Krutzik SR, Bloom BR, Ganz T, Modlin RL, Stenger S. Macrophages Acquire Neutrophil Granules for Antimicrobial Activity against Intracellular Pathogens. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:1864-71. [PMID: 16849498 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.3.1864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A key target of many intracellular pathogens is the macrophage. Although macrophages can generate antimicrobial activity, neutrophils have been shown to have a key role in host defense, presumably by their preformed granules containing antimicrobial agents. Yet the mechanism by which neutrophils can mediate antimicrobial activity against intracellular pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been a long-standing enigma. We demonstrate that apoptotic neutrophils and purified granules inhibit the growth of extracellular mycobacteria. Phagocytosis of apoptotic neutrophils by macrophages results in decreased viability of intracellular M. tuberculosis. Concomitant with uptake of apoptotic neutrophils, granule contents traffic to early endosomes, and colocalize with mycobacteria. Uptake of purified granules alone decreased growth of intracellular mycobacteria. Therefore, the transfer of antimicrobial peptides from neutrophils to macrophages provides a cooperative defense strategy between innate immune cells against intracellular pathogens and may complement other pathways that involve delivery of antimicrobial peptides to macrophages.
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- Belinda H Tan
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Kubota K. A novel functional T cell hybridoma recognizes macrophage cell death induced by bacteria: a possible role for innate lymphocytes in bacterial infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:7576-88. [PMID: 16751404 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.12.7576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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We have established a novel TCRalphabeta (TCRVbeta6)(+)CD4(-)CD8(-) T cell hybridoma designated B6HO3. When the B6HO3 cells were cocultured with bacterial-infected J774 macrophage-like cells, IFN-gamma production by B6HO3 cells was triggered through direct cell-cell contact with dying J774 cells infected with Listeria monocytogenes (LM), Shigella flexneri, or Salmonella typhimurium that expressed the type III secretion system, but not with intact J774 cells infected with heat-killed LM, nonhemolytic lysteriolysin O-deficient (Hly(-)) LM, plasmid-cured Shigella, or stationary-phase Salmonella. However, the triggering of B6HO3 cells for IFN-gamma production involved neither dying hepatoma cells infected with LM nor dying J774 cells caused by gliotoxin treatment or freeze thawing. Cycloheximide and Abs to H-2K(d), H-2D(d), Ia(d), CD1d, TCRVbeta6, and IL-12 did not inhibit the contact-dependent IFN-gamma response, indicating that this IFN-gamma response did not require de novo protein synthesis in bacterial-infected J774 cells and was TCR and IL-12 independent. Thus, in an as yet undefined way, B6HO3 hybridoma recognizes a specialized form of macrophage cell death resulting from bacterial infection and consequently produces IFN-gamma. Moreover, contact-dependent interaction of minor subsets of splenic alphabeta T cells, including NKT cells with dying LM-infected J774 and bone marrow-derived macrophage (BMM) cells, proved to provide an IFN-gamma-productive stimulus for these minor T cell populations, to which the parental T cell of the B6HO3 hybridoma appeared to belong. Unexpectedly, subsets of gammadelta T and NK cells similarly responded to dying LM-infected macrophage cells. These results propose that innate lymphocytes may possess a recognition system sensing macrophage cell "danger" resulting from bacterial infection.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity/immunology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/microbiology
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular/pathology
- Cell Communication/immunology
- Cell Death/immunology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Coculture Techniques
- Cross-Linking Reagents/metabolism
- Cross-Priming/immunology
- Freezing
- Gliotoxin/immunology
- Hybridomas
- Immunophenotyping
- Interferon-gamma/biosynthesis
- Listeriosis/immunology
- Listeriosis/microbiology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/microbiology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/pathology
- Macrophages/immunology
- Macrophages/microbiology
- Macrophages/pathology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C3H
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred DBA
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/immunology
- Receptor-CD3 Complex, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/immunology
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- T-Lymphocyte Subsets/microbiology
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- Koichi Kubota
- Department of Microbiology, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan. shinubo@soley
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Sinha A, Singh A, Satchidanandam V, Natarajan K. Impaired Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species during Differentiation of Dendritic Cells (DCs) byMycobacterium tuberculosisSecretory Antigen (MTSA) and Subsequent Activation of MTSA-DCs by Mycobacteria Results in Increased Intracellular Survival. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:468-78. [PMID: 16785544 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.1.468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We investigated the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in dendritic cell (DC) differentiation by 10-kDa Mycobacterium tuberculosis secretory Ag (MTSA) and survival of mycobacteria therein. Compared with GM-CSF, MTSA induced lower ROS production during DC differentiation from precursors. This result correlated with higher superoxide dismutase 1 expression in MTSA stimulated precursors as compared with GM-CSF stimulation. Furthermore, a negative regulation of protein kinase C (PKC) activation by ROS was observed during DC differentiation. ROS inhibited the rapid and increased phosphorylation of PKCalpha observed during DC differentiation by MTSA. In contrast, ROS inhibition increased the weak and delayed PKCalpha phosphorylation by GM-CSF. Similar to DC differentiation, upon activation with either M. tuberculosis cell extract (CE) or live Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG), DCs differentiated with MTSA (MTSA-DCs) generated lower ROS levels when compared with DCs differentiated with GM-CSF (GM-CSF-DCs). Likewise, a negative regulation of PKCalpha phosphorylation by ROS was once again observed in DCs activated with either M. tuberculosis CE or live M. bovis BCG. However, a reciprocal positive regulation between ROS and calcium was observed. Compared with MTSA-DCs, stimulation of GM-CSF-DCs with M. tuberculosis CE induced a 2-fold higher ROS-dependent calcium influx. However, pretreatment of MTSA-DCs with H(2)O(2) increased calcium mobilization. Finally, lower ROS levels in MTSA-DCs correlated with increased intracellular survival of M. bovis BCG when compared with survival in GM-CSF-DCs. Although inhibiting ROS in GM-CSF-DCs increased M. bovis BCG survival, H(2)O(2) treatment of MTSA-DCs decreased survival of M. bovis BCG. Overall our results suggest that DCs differentiated with Ags such as MTSA may provide a niche for survival and/or growth of mycobacteria following sequestration of ROS.
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- Aprajita Sinha
- Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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Baumann S, Nasser Eddine A, Kaufmann SHE. Progress in tuberculosis vaccine development. Curr Opin Immunol 2006; 18:438-48. [PMID: 16777396 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2006.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2006] [Accepted: 05/31/2006] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The first tuberculosis vaccine candidates have reached clinical testing. Novel subunit vaccine candidates aimed at boosting previous BCG-prime vaccination and novel viable attenuated vaccine candidates aimed at substituting BCG have both completed the preclinical stage. Despite these achievements, rational vaccine design against tuberculosis has not come to an end. Novel findings in basic immunology and microbiology will advance further improvements in vaccine development. These include the potential role of crosspriming to induce more potent T-cell responses, the role of memory T cells and regulatory T cells in sustaining or curtailing optimal immune responses, respectively, as well as the involvement of cytokines in T-cell migration to nonimmunologic tissue sites and in the generation of memory. Knowledge about basic mechanisms underlying optimum protection will not only have a direct impact on future vaccine design against tuberculosis but also help in the formulation of a set of biomarkers with predictive value for vaccine efficacy assessment.
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- Sven Baumann
- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of Immunology, Berlin, Germany
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Watanabe Y, Watari E, Matsunaga I, Hiromatsu K, Dascher CC, Kawashima T, Norose Y, Shimizu K, Takahashi H, Yano I, Sugita M. BCG vaccine elicits both T-cell mediated and humoral immune responses directed against mycobacterial lipid components. Vaccine 2006; 24:5700-7. [PMID: 16725232 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2006.04.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2005] [Revised: 03/11/2006] [Accepted: 04/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The universe of antigens recognized by alphabeta T cells has recently been expanded to include not only major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-presented protein antigens but also CD1-presented lipid antigens. The significance of lipid-reactive T cells in host defense has been appreciated, using the guinea pig model of human tuberculosis. Here, we show that immunization with Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), the commonly used anti-tuberculosis vaccine, induces activation of guinea pig cytotoxic T cells recognizing BCG lipids in the context of CD1 molecules. Further, BCG-immunized, but not mock-immunized, guinea pigs mount IgG antibody responses directed against lipoarabinomannnan, an essential cell wall lipid component of mycobacteria. These observations emphasize the ability of BCG to activate the host adaptive immunity to mycobacteria-derived lipids, which could potentially contribute to protection against tuberculosis.
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- Yoshiyuki Watanabe
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan, and Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Lee J, Remold HG, Ieong MH, Kornfeld H. Macrophage apoptosis in response to high intracellular burden of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is mediated by a novel caspase-independent pathway. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:4267-74. [PMID: 16547264 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.7.4267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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We previously reported that macrophage exposure to attenuated strains of pathogenic mycobacteria at multiplicities of infection (MOI) < or = 10 triggers TNF-alpha-mediated apoptosis which reduces the viability of intracellular bacilli. Virulent strains were found to suppress macrophage apoptosis, and it was proposed that apoptosis is an innate defense against intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis analogous to apoptosis of virus-infected cells. The potential similarity of host cell responses to intracellular infection with mycobacteria and viruses suggests that M. tuberculosis might lyse infected macrophage when that niche is no longer needed. To investigate this question, we challenged murine macrophages with high intracellular bacillary loads. A sharp increase in cytolysis within 24 h was observed at MOI > or = 25. The primary death mode was apoptosis, based on nuclear morphology and phosphatidyl serine exposure, although the apoptotic cells progressed rapidly to necrosis. Apoptosis at high MOI differs markedly from low MOI apoptosis: it is potently induced by virulent M. tuberculosis, it is TNF-alpha-independent, and it does not reduce mycobacterial viability. Caspase inhibitors failed to prevent high MOI apoptosis, and macrophages deficient in caspase-3, MyD88, or TLR4 were equally susceptible as wild type. Apoptosis was reduced in the presence of cathepsin inhibitors, suggesting the involvement of lysosomal proteases in this novel death response. We conclude that the presence of high numbers of intracellular M. tuberculosis bacilli triggers a macrophage cell death pathway that could promote extracellular spread of infection and contribute to the formation of necrotic lesions in tuberculosis.
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- Jinhee Lee
- Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 01655, USA
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Skoberne M, Somersan S, Almodovar W, Truong T, Petrova K, Henson PM, Bhardwaj N. The apoptotic-cell receptor CR3, but not alphavbeta5, is a regulator of human dendritic-cell immunostimulatory function. Blood 2006; 108:947-55. [PMID: 16614246 PMCID: PMC1895855 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2005-12-4812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) that capture apoptotic cells (ACs) in the steady state mediate peripheral tolerance to self-antigens. ACs are recognized by an array of receptors on DCs, the redundancy of which is not completely defined. We made use of an AC surrogate system to address the individual roles of the alphavbeta5 and complement receptors (CRs) in the phagocytosis and induction of immunity. CR3 and CR4, while substantially less efficient than alphavbeta5 in internalizing ACs, initiate signals that render DCs tolerogenic. Responding T cells show impaired proliferation and IFNgamma production and subsequently die by apoptosis. While tolerogenic DCs are not induced via alphavbeta5, coligation of CR3 and alphavbeta5 maintains the DC's tolerogenic profile. This immunomodulatory role, however, is countered by a significant inflammatory stimulus such as bacterial infection. Overall, our data suggest that under steady-state conditions, signaling via CRs predominates to render DCs tolerogenic.
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- Mojca Skoberne
- New York University School of Medicine, 550 First Ave, MSB 507, New York, NY 10016, USA
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An emerging area of investigation is the role of lipids as immunological antigens. CD1 glycoproteins comprise a family of molecules that are specialized for presenting lipids, glycolipids and lipopeptides to T lymphocytes. Variations in the cytoplasmic tail sequences of CD1 isoforms lead to differential association with adaptor proteins and consequently divergent routes of intracellular trafficking, resulting in surveillance of distinct cellular sites for binding lipid antigens. CD1 molecules efficiently gain access to lipids from intracellular microbial pathogens in endosomal compartments, and the trafficking and lipid-binding specialization of CD1 isoforms may correlate with the endosomal segregation of structurally distinct lipids. Endosomal trafficking is also critical for CD1d molecules to load antigenic self-lipids that are presented to autoreactive CD1d-restricted natural killer (NK)T cells and is required for the positive selection of these unique T cells. Recent studies reveal a key role for accessory proteins that facilitate the uptake of lipid antigens by CD1 molecules. These include lysosomal lipid-transfer proteins, such as the saposins, and apolipoprotein E, the major serum factor that binds and delivers extracellular lipids to antigen-presenting cells. These advances in understanding the CD1 lipid antigen presentation system raise new considerations about the role of the immune response in lipid-related diseases.
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- Jenny E Gumperz
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, 53706, USA,
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Humphreys IR, Stewart GR, Turner DJ, Patel J, Karamanou D, Snelgrove RJ, Young DB. A role for dendritic cells in the dissemination of mycobacterial infection. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:1339-46. [PMID: 16697232 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2005] [Revised: 11/01/2005] [Accepted: 12/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The ability of mycobacteria to disseminate from the initial site of infection has an important role in immune priming and in the seeding of disease in multiple organs. To study this phenomenon, we used flow cytometry to analyse the distribution of green fluorescent protein-labelled BCG amongst different populations of antigen-presenting cells in the lungs of mice following intranasal infection, and monitored appearance of live bacteria in the draining mediastinal lymph nodes. BCG predominantly infected alveolar macrophages (CD11c(+)/CD11b(-)) and dendritic cells (CD11c(+)/CD11b(+)) in the lungs. The bacteria that disseminated to the lymph node were found in dendritic cells. The results are consistent with a model in which mycobacterial dissemination from the lung is initiated by the migration of infected dendritic cells to the draining lymph nodes.
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- Ian R Humphreys
- Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Flowers Building, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Cardona PJ. RUTI: a new chance to shorten the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2006; 86:273-89. [PMID: 16545981 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2006.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2005] [Accepted: 01/31/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) requires a long period of chemotherapy (9 months), which makes treatment-compliance extremely difficult. Current knowledge of latent bacilli and of the lesions with which they are associated suggests that these bacilli survive in granulomas with a central necrotic core and an outermost layer of foamy macrophages (FM) that represent an important immunosuppressive barrier. The presence of FM, which is especially strong in mice, explains not only the kinetics of the drainage of dead bacilli, debris and surfactant, but also how latent bacilli can escape from the granuloma and re-grow in the periphery, particularly in the alveolar spaces where they can disseminate easily. RUTI, a therapeutic vaccine made of detoxified, fragmented Mycobacterium tuberculosis cells, delivered in liposomes, was used to assess its effectiveness in a short period of chemotherapy (1 month). The rationale of this therapy was first to take advantage of the bactericidal properties of chemotherapy to kill active growing bacilli, eliminate the outermost layer of FM and reduce local inflammatory responses so as to avoid the predictable Koch phenomenon caused by M. tuberculosis antigens when given therapeutically. After chemotherapy, RUTI can be inoculated to reduce the probability of regrowth of the remaining latent bacilli. RUTI has already demonstrated its efficacy in controlling LTBI in experimental models of mice and guinea-pigs after a short period of chemotherapy; these experiments in animals showed the induction of a mixed Th1/Th2/Th3, polyantigenic response with no local or systemic toxicity. Local accumulation of specific CD8 T cells and a strong humoral response are characteristic features of RUTI that explain its protective properties; these are particular improvements when compared with BCG, although the regulatory response to RUTI may also be an important advantage. Further experiments using bigger animals (goats and mini-pigs) will provide more data on the efficacy of RUTI before starting phase I clinical trials.
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- Pere-Joan Cardona
- Unitat de Tuberculosi Experimental, Department of Microbiology, Fundació Institut per a la Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Chen M, Gan H, Remold HG. A Mechanism of Virulence: Virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strain H37Rv, but Not Attenuated H37Ra, Causes Significant Mitochondrial Inner Membrane Disruption in Macrophages Leading to Necrosis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:3707-16. [PMID: 16517739 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.6.3707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Infection of human monocyte-derived macrophages with Mycobacterium tuberculosis at low multiplicities of infection leads 48-72 h after the infection to cell death with the characteristics of apoptosis or necrosis. Predominant induction of one or the other cell death modality depends on differences in mitochondrial membrane perturbation induced by attenuated and virulent strains. Infection of macrophages with the attenuated H37Ra or the virulent H37Rv causes mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization characterized by cytochrome c release from the mitochondrial intermembrane space and apoptosis. Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization is transient, peaks 6 h after infection, and requires Ca(2+) flux and B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma 2-associated protein X translocation into mitochondria. In contrast, only the virulent H37Rv induces significant mitochondrial transmembrane potential (Deltapsi(m)) loss caused by mitochondrial permeability transition. Dissipation of Deltapsi(m) also peaks at 6 h after infection, is transient, is inhibited by the classical mitochondrial permeability transition inhibitor cyclosporine A, has a requirement for mitochondrial Ca(2+) loading, and is independent of B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma translocation into the mitochondria. Transient dissipation of Deltapsi(m) 6 h after infection is essential for the induction of macrophage necrosis by Mtb, a mechanism that allows further dissemination of the pathogen and development of the disease.
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- Minjian Chen
- Division of Rheumatology/Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical Research Center Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Berger ST, Griffin FT. A comparison of ovine monocyte-derived macrophage function following infection with Mycobacterium avium ssp. avium and Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis. Immunol Cell Biol 2006; 84:349-56. [PMID: 16509826 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1711.2006.01431.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis causes Johne's disease in ruminants, whereas the antigenically and genetically similar subspecies Mycobacterium avium ssp. avium is less virulent. In this study, we compared one strain of each subspecies for its ability to survive, induce cytokines, suppress MHC class I and II expression and induce apoptosis or necrosis in ovine monocyte-derived macrophages. Both subspecies survived intracellularly and induced the secretion of IL-10. Low levels of TNF-alpha were detected after infection with both subspecies at 4 h. IL-12 was not upregulated after infection. Downregulation of MHC class I and II was evident in response to infection with both M. avium ssp. avium and M. avium ssp. paratuberculosis. No significant cytotoxicity was detectable in ovine macrophages after the addition of bacteria. M. avium ssp. paratuberculosis induced slightly more apoptosis than M. avium ssp. avium. Still the overall rate of apoptosis was very low and both subspecies suppressed LPS-induced macrophage apoptosis.
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- Sven T Berger
- Disease Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Winau F, Weber S, Sad S, de Diego J, Hoops SL, Breiden B, Sandhoff K, Brinkmann V, Kaufmann SHE, Schaible UE. Apoptotic vesicles crossprime CD8 T cells and protect against tuberculosis. Immunity 2006; 24:105-17. [PMID: 16413927 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 295] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2005] [Revised: 10/31/2005] [Accepted: 12/07/2005] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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CD8 T lymphocytes are important effectors in protective immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We recently characterized the detour pathway of CD8 T cell activation in tuberculosis mediated by apoptotic vesicles from infected cells that transport mycobacterial antigens to dendritic cells (DCs). Here we demonstrate that apoptotic vesicles from mycobacteria-infected macrophages stimulate CD8 T cells in vivo. Homing of DCs to draining lymph nodes was critically required for effective crosspriming. Subsequent fate of vesicle-associated antigens in recipient DCs was characterized by endosomal mechanisms predominating over proteasomal processing. In addition, vesicle processing depended on the presence of saposins to disintegrate apoptotic membranes. Apoptotic vesicles displayed potent adjuvant activity by stimulating through Toll-like receptors (TLR). Ultimately, vaccination with vesicles from infected cells induced protection against M. tuberculosis infection. Taken together, we propose the detour pathway to represent a genuine immunological mechanism mediating crosspriming of CD8 T cells in vivo and protection against tuberculosis.
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- Florian Winau
- Department of Immunology, Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Schumannstrasse 21-22, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Saavedra R, Segura E, Tenorio EP, López-Marín LM. Mycobacterial trehalose-containing glycolipid with immunomodulatory activity on human CD4+ and CD8+ T-cells. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:533-40. [PMID: 16300984 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2005] [Revised: 06/22/2005] [Accepted: 08/16/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis is based on cell-mediated immunity, most importantly involving CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets. One of the key features of the tubercle bacillus is its cell envelope, characterized by extremely abundant and specific lipids. The cell-surface glycolipid 2,3-di-O-acyl-trehalose (DAT) has been consistently found in M. tuberculosis strains. In this study, analysis of proliferation, activation markers and cytokine release was performed in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) activated in the presence and absence of DAT. We present evidence that mycobacterial DAT is able to reduce antigen-induced proliferation of human CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell subsets. We show that the effect is associated with a decrease of cells expressing the T-cell surface activation markers CD25 and CD69, and down-modulation of IL-2, IL-12, TNF-alpha and IL-10 cytokines. Data indicating that fine acyl chain structural variations in the trehalose-containing lipid may be involved in the degree of immune modulation are also presented.
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- Rafael Saavedra
- Departamento de Inmunología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 70-228, Coyoacán, 04510 D.F. Mexico, Mexico
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Lang ML, Glatman-Freedman A. Do CD1-restricted T cells contribute to antibody-mediated immunity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis? Infect Immun 2006; 74:803-9. [PMID: 16428722 PMCID: PMC1360325 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.2.803-809.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Mark L Lang
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 632W Borwell Building, Dartmouth Medical School, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA.
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Megyeri K, Buzás K, Miczák A, Buzás E, Kovács L, Seprényi G, Falus A, Mándi Y. The role of histamine in the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium bovis BCG. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:1035-44. [PMID: 16476565 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2005] [Revised: 09/02/2005] [Accepted: 10/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The course and outcome of infection with mycobacteria are determined by a complex interplay between the immune system of the host and the survival mechanisms developed by the bacilli. Histamine plays an important role in various processes, including cell division, metabolism, and apoptosis, and it modulates innate and adaptive immune responses. In the present study we investigated the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium bovis BCG in murine bone-marrow macrophages isolated from wild-type (WT) and histidine-decarboxylase knock-out [HDC (-/-)] mice. Mycobacterial titers were significantly higher in the HDC (-/-) macrophages as compared with the WT cells. M. bovis BCG growth in WT macrophages could be enhanced by pyrilamine and cimetidine. Exogenously added histamine decreased the intracellular counts of M. bovis BCG in HDC (-/-) macrophages. Infection of activated macrophages with M. bovis BCG elicited apoptosis, but there was no significant difference between the WT and the HDC (-/-) cells. These bacilli induced comparable levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha production in the WT and the HDC (-/-) macrophages. M. bovis BCG stimulated interleukin-18 (IL-18) production in the macrophages from WT mice, but not in the HDC (-/-) cells. Exogenously added IL-18 decreased the titers of intracellular mycobacteria in HDC (-/-) cells. In conclusion, these data implicate histamine in the intracellular survival of M. bovis BCG. The cellular control mechanisms restricting the growth of M. bovis BCG are complex and involve H1 and H2 receptor-mediated events. Histamine might be an important mediator of M. bovis BCG-induced IL-18 production, which in turn contributes to immune protection.
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- Klára Megyeri
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Dóm tér 10, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
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Pérez-Guzmán C, Vargas MH. Hypocholesterolemia: A major risk factor for developing pulmonary tuberculosis? Med Hypotheses 2006; 66:1227-30. [PMID: 16500037 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2005] [Revised: 12/18/2005] [Accepted: 12/19/2005] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Although one-third of the world's population is infected by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, only approximately 10% will develop the overt clinical disease due to a yet undefined risk factor. We hypothesize that hypocholesterolemia might constitute such a factor, because: (a) cholesterol is an important molecule for the good functioning of an immune system, and is necessary for macrophages to uptake and engulf mycobacteria, (b) tuberculous patients often have hypocholesterolemia, in comparison with the general population and household contacts, (c) cholesterol has a beneficial effect against pulmonary tuberculosis, since a cholesterol-rich diet accelerates the bacteriological sterilization of sputum, and (d) many conditions traditionally considered major risk factors for tuberculosis are accompanied by hypocholesterolemia. If this hypothesis proves to be true, cholesterol might be given to hypocholesterolemic subjects who are at high risk for developing pulmonary tuberculosis.
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Gilleron M, Nigou J, Nicolle D, Quesniaux V, Puzo G. The Acylation State of Mycobacterial Lipomannans Modulates Innate Immunity Response through Toll-like Receptor 2. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 13:39-47. [PMID: 16426970 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2005.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2005] [Revised: 09/07/2005] [Accepted: 10/20/2005] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens by professional phagocytes via toll-like receptors (TLR) contributes to controlling chronic M. tuberculosis infection. Lipomannans (LM), which are major lipoglycans of the mycobacterial envelope, were recently described as agonists of TLR2 with potent activity on proinflammatory cytokine regulation. LM correspond to a heterogeneous population of acyl- and glyco-forms. We report here the purification and the complete structural characterization of four LM acyl-forms from Mycobacterium bovis BCG using MALDI MS and 2D (1)H-(31)P NMR analyses. All this biochemical work provided the tools to investigate the implication of LM acylation degree on its proinflammatory activity. The latter was ascribed to the triacylated LM form, essentially an agonist of TLR2, using TLR2/TLR1 heterodimers for signaling. Altogether, these findings shed more light on the molecular basis of LM recognition by TLR.
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- Martine Gilleron
- Institut de Pharmacologie et de Biologie Structurale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse, France
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Orme IM. Preclinical testing of new vaccines for tuberculosis: A comprehensive review. Vaccine 2006; 24:2-19. [PMID: 16139397 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2005.07.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2005] [Accepted: 07/22/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The past decade has seen an explosive increase in the development of potential new tuberculosis vaccine candidates, as well as the establishment of at least two testing centers. Various animal models, but particularly the mouse and guinea pig models, have provided a lot information about how new vaccines can reduce disease progression and how this influences the pathology of the disease, but there is still much to learn at the immunological level, particularly in terms of the nature of the T cell response that is needed to confer long lived resistance. Several categories of vaccine candidates have been tried to date, and there are at least five individual vaccines moving towards clinical evaluation. There are still areas of the field that are poorly developed however. These include the fact that we have no models of post- exposure vaccination, or any models of latent disease. In addition, no standardized models of safety/toxicology exist as yet, which will be needed before extensive clinical development of the new vaccines.
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- Ian M Orme
- Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Lake Street, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
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Cioca DP, Deak E, Cioca F, Paunescu V. Monoclonal Antibodies Targeted Against Melanoma and Ovarian Tumors Enhance Dendritic Cell-Mediated Cross-Presentation of Tumor-Associated Antigens and Efficiently Cross-Prime CD8+ T Cells. J Immunother 2006; 29:41-52. [PMID: 16365599 DOI: 10.1097/01.cji.0000175496.51594.8b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dendritic cells (DCs) constitute very attractive vectors for cancer immunotherapy due to their ability to efficiently capture and present tumor antigens, which initiates tumor-directed T-cell responses. Because the initiation of cytotoxic anti-tumor immune responses requires the cross-presentation mechanism, antigen targeting to DCs represents a very important step in the chain of events that constitutes the cross-priming immune process. In the current study, we explored the ability of DCs loaded with antibody-coated melanoma and ovarian carcinoma tumor cells to cross-present tumor antigens to CD8+ T cells and elicit in vitro anti-tumor immune responses. Coating melanoma and ovarian cancer cells with monoclonal antibodies against different surface antigens (CD44, ME491, LFA-3, and CD24) expressed by the tumor cells promoted the cross-presentation of the tumor-associated antigens as MART-1, gp100, tyrosinase, and NY-ESO-1 by DCs to CD8+ T. These tumor antigen-specific CD8+ T-cell populations resulting from the DC-mediated cross-priming process were identified using specific immune tetramers and were a few fold larger than the ones generated using peptide-pulsed or apoptotic tumor cell-loaded DCs. The CD8+ T cells generated by DCs loaded with monoclonal antibody-coated tumor cells were cytotoxic against the primary melanoma and ovarian carcinoma cells. Thus, targeting monoclonal antibody-coated tumor cells to DCs is a novel method that opens new perspectives for immunotherapy strategies.
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- Daniel Petru Cioca
- Immunology Department, Timisoara Medical University, Timisoara, Romania.
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Schümann J, De Libero G. Serum lipoproteins: Trojan horses of the immune response? Trends Immunol 2005; 27:57-9. [PMID: 16377244 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2005.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2005] [Revised: 11/22/2005] [Accepted: 12/12/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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T cells recognizing lipid antigens presented by CD1 molecules have an important role in the immune response. Several lipid antigens for CD1-restricted T cells have been identified, as have some rules of CD1 loading and CD1-restricted presentation. Little is known, however, about the delivery of lipid antigens from either extracellular compartments or CD1-negative cells to CD1-expressing antigen-presenting cells (APCs). A recent study provides evidence for a role for apolipoprotein E in binding lipid antigens and delivering them to APCs.
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- Jens Schümann
- Experimental Immunology, Department of Research, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
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Stenger S. Immunological control of tuberculosis: role of tumour necrosis factor and more. Ann Rheum Dis 2005; 64 Suppl 4:iv24-8. [PMID: 16239381 PMCID: PMC1766911 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.042531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Therapy of autoimmune diseases with tumour necrosis factor (TNF) neutralising agents has provided a unique opportunity to learn about the significance of TNF in the maintenance of latent bacterial infections in humans. The remarkably high incidence of tuberculosis in patients treated with TNF antagonists raises the intriguing question about the physiological role of TNF in maintaining the lifelong latency of tubercle bacilli in granulomas in infected patients. Basic research during the past decade(s) combined with thoughtful observations in human subjects with tuberculosis and autoimmune diseases has provided several potential explanations for the recurrence of tuberculosis if TNF supply is withdrawn. TNF is involved in at least four key functions that contribute towards beneficial effects on the symptoms of autoimmune disorders on the one hand, and the attenuation of immune responses against Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the other hand. These are outlined in this review: induction of apoptosis, maturation of dendritic cells, activation of antimicrobial activity in macrophages, and orchestration of leucocyte movement.
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- S Stenger
- Institut für Klinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Hygiene, Wasserturmstr. 3, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany.
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Ordway D, Henao-Tamayo M, Orme IM, Gonzalez-Juarrero M. Foamy macrophages within lung granulomas of mice infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis express molecules characteristic of dendritic cells and antiapoptotic markers of the TNF receptor-associated factor family. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 175:3873-81. [PMID: 16148133 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.6.3873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Highly vacuolated or foamy macrophages are a distinct characteristic of granulomas in the lungs of animals infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. To date these have usually been considered to represent activated macrophages derived from monocytes entering the lesions from the blood. However, we demonstrate in this study that foamy macrophages express high levels of DEC-205, a marker characteristic of dendritic cells (DCs). In addition to high expression of the DEC-205 marker, these cells were characterized as CD11b(+)CD11c(high)MHC class II(high), and CD40(high), which are additional markers typically expressed by DCs. Up-regulation of CD40 was seen only during the early chronic stage of the lung disease, and both the expression of CD40 and MHC class II markers were down-regulated as the disease progressed into the late chronic phase. Foamy cells positive for the DEC-205 marker also expressed high levels of TNFR-associated factor-1 (TRAF-1), TRAF-2, and TRAF-3, markers associated with resistance to apoptosis. These data indicate that in addition to the central role of DCs in initiating the acquired immune response against M. tuberculosis infection, they also participate in the granulomatous response.
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- Diane Ordway
- Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
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Park JS, Tamayo MH, Gonzalez-Juarrero M, Orme IM, Ordway DJ. Virulent clinical isolates ofMycobacterium tuberculosisgrow rapidly and induce cellular necrosis but minimal apoptosis in murine macrophages. J Leukoc Biol 2005; 79:80-6. [PMID: 16275894 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0505250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In this study, we investigated the ability of four clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis representing a range of virulence for their capacity to grow in bone marrow-derived macrophages. The rate of growth of each of the isolates in macrophages reflected their known virulence, but the most virulent isolates strongly induced production of the cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha. A key difference, however, was the degree of cell cytotoxicity observed with the more virulent strains after several days in culture. Staining of cell monolayers for DNA fragmentation indicative of apoptosis showed that this was minimal and only evident to any degree in macrophages infected with the most virulent strains. In contrast, electron microscopy revealed damage of macrophages consistent with cell necrosis. These results suggest that rapid intracellular growth rate and induction of necrotic cell death within host macrophages are virulence factors of M. tuberculosis in the early stages of bacterial infection. They further imply that infected cell apoptosis, regarded as a defense mechanism or cross-priming mechanism, plays a minimal role.
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- Jae Seuk Park
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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Wack A, Rappuoli R. Vaccinology at the beginning of the 21st century. Curr Opin Immunol 2005; 17:411-8. [PMID: 15950445 PMCID: PMC7125631 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2005.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2005] [Accepted: 05/27/2005] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Today, the main challenges for vaccinologists include improving vaccines against as yet undefeated pathogens, rapid identification and response to emerging diseases and successful intervention in chronic diseases in which ongoing immune responses are insufficient. Reverse genetics and reverse vaccinology are now used to generate rapidly new vaccine strains and to mine whole genomes in the search for promising antigens. The rational design of adjuvants has become possible as a result of the discovery of the receptors that recognize microbial patterns and lead to dendritic cell activation. Antigen-loaded dendritic cells, DNA in naked, formulated or viral form, and other delivery systems are used to maximize immune responses. Although work on the ‘easy’ vaccines has already been completed, it is hoped that a combination of conceptual and technical innovation will enable the development of more complex and sophisticated vaccines in the future.
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- Andreas Wack
- Chiron Vaccines, Via Fiorentina 1, 53100 Siena, Italy
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Kaufmann SHE. Recent findings in immunology give tuberculosis vaccines a new boost. Trends Immunol 2005; 26:660-7. [PMID: 16246622 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2005.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2005] [Revised: 09/09/2005] [Accepted: 09/30/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Tuberculosis remains a major health threat, solved by neither chemotherapy nor the current vaccine, BCG. Although a new generation of vaccine candidates is ready for field trials, further improvements will be required. A successful vaccination regime must stimulate memory T cells and, at the same time, avoid exhaustion of memory and suppression by regulatory mechanisms. The most probable scenario is priming with one vaccine candidate followed by boosting with a another vaccine candidate. For clinical trials, biomarkers need to be defined with T cells alternating between lung and periphery as prime indicator cells.
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- Stefan H E Kaufmann
- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of Immunology, Schumannstrasse 21-22, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Acevedo-Whitehouse K, Vicente J, Gortazar C, Höfle U, Fernández-de-Mera IG, Amos W. Genetic resistance to bovine tuberculosis in the Iberian wild boar. Mol Ecol 2005; 14:3209-17. [PMID: 16101786 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2005.02656.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is an important re-emerging zoonotic disease, causing major economic losses and constraining international trade of animals and their products. Despite eradication programmes, some countries continue to encounter outbreaks, mainly due to wildlife acting as primary hosts or reservoirs. While the genetic component of tuberculosis in humans and cattle is well documented, the role of genetic factors as modulators of bTB resistance remains unclear for natural populations. To address this issue, we investigated the relative contribution of host genetic variability to susceptibility to bTB infection and disease progression in wild boars from southern Spain. We found that genetic heterozygosity is an important predictor of bTB, not only modulating resistance to infection but also influencing containment of disease progression in infected individuals. Our results provide further evidence that host genetic variability plays a central role in natural populations. Testing each marker separately reveals evidence of both general and single-locus associative effects on bTB and several loci reveal high homology to regions of the genome with known immune function. Our results may prove to be crucial for understanding outbreaks of bTB in wildlife that could potentially affect domestic livestock and humans.
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- Karina Acevedo-Whitehouse
- Laboratory of Molecular Ecology, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK.
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Smith I, Nathan C, Peavy HH. Progress and new directions in genetics of tuberculosis: an NHLBI working group report. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005; 172:1491-6. [PMID: 16192449 PMCID: PMC2718452 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200506-997ws] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis (TB), along with AIDS and malaria, is one of the three major killers among infectious diseases. New approaches to preventing, diagnosing, and curing TB are needed, which depend on a better understanding of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the host. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute convened a working group to develop recommendations for future TB research, including genetic aspects of the disease. The following areas were identified: (1) animal model research to improve understanding of persistence, reactivation, and granulomatous reactions; (2) preclinical studies aimed at shortening treatment of TB; (3) new resources for manipulating and characterizing the M. tuberculosis genome, proteome chips for more specific diagnoses, and studies of genes that appear to be essential but whose functions are not known; (4) prospective studies associated with clinical trials in populations with or at risk of TB to advance development of diagnostics and prognostics; (5) new quantitative and bioinformatic approaches to study the interaction between M. tuberculosis and the infected host and how this influences the infection process; (6) molecular characterization of M. tuberculosis genome diversity and phylogenetic analysis; (7) coordinated studies of human genome scans; (8) genetic epidemiology studies; (9) activities to foster knowledge dissemination, education, and training; and (10) coordination between the National Institutes of Health, the Gates Foundation, the Global Alliance for Tuberculosis Drug Development, and other organizations.
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- Issar Smith
- TB Center, The Public Health Research Institute, 225 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
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Fortes A, Pereira K, Antas PRZ, Franken CLMC, Dalcolmo M, Ribeiro-Carvalho MM, Cunha KS, Geluk A, Kritski A, Kolk A, Klatser P, Sarno EN, Ottenhoff THM, Sampaio EP. Detection of in vitro interferon-gamma and serum tumour necrosis factor-alpha in multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients. Clin Exp Immunol 2005; 141:541-8. [PMID: 16045745 PMCID: PMC1809469 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2005.02872.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/19/2005] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is known as having a poor prognosis with a weak response to therapy and very high death rates. The aim of this work was to assess the immune response to the RD1-encoded antigen ESAT-6 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in MDR-TB patients and compare to non-resistant (NR) TB patients and healthy controls (HC). Evaluation of interferon (IFN)-gamma production showed that, although 55% of the MDR patients were responsive to ESAT-6, they produced lower IFN-gamma levels (553 +/- 11 pg/ml) when compared to NR-TB (1179 +/- 163 pg/ml; P < 0.05) but not to controls (412 +/- 65.7 pg/ml). Differences in the response to ESAT-6 and to its overlapping peptides mixture were also significant between MDR versus treated pulmonary NR-TB. Furthermore, a very low rate of response to PPD (23.5%) and to Ag85B (33.3%) was noted in MDR-TB patients as compared to the other groups. To determine the inflammatory response in patients' groups, detection of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha was assessed in their sera before and during chemotherapy. Mean TNF-alpha levels in MDR-TB (43.8 +/- 9 pg/ml) paralleled those found in treated pulmonary, and it was significantly different (P < 0.05) from the values found in untreated NR and HC. Interestingly, secretion of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha were predominant in MDR patients who presented with bilateral pulmonary lesions and lung cavitation. The present data indicate that the overall immune response to mycobacterial antigens is decreased in resistant TB and the major role inflammatory cytokines may play in perpetuating pulmonary tissue damage.
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- A Fortes
- Leprosy Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Skoberne M, Beignon AS, Larsson M, Bhardwaj N. Apoptotic cells at the crossroads of tolerance and immunity. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2005; 289:259-92. [PMID: 15791960 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-27320-4_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Clearance of apoptotic cells by phagocytes can result in either anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects or prostimulatory consequences through presentation of cell-associated antigens to T cells. The differences in outcome are due to the conditions under which apoptosis is induced, the type of phagocytic cell, the nature of the receptors involved in apoptotic cell capture, and the milieu in which phagocytosis of apoptotic cells takes place. Preferential ligation of specific receptors on professional antigen-presenting cells (dendritic cells) has been proposed to induce potentially tolerogenic signals. On the other hand, dendritic cells can efficiently process and present antigens from pathogen-infected apoptotic cells to T cells. In this review, we discuss how apoptotic cells manipulate immunity through interactions with dendritic cells.
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- M Skoberne
- Cancer Institute, NYU School of Medicine, 550 First Avenue, MSB507, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Tian T, Woodworth J, Sköld M, Behar SM. In Vivo Depletion of CD11c+Cells Delays the CD4+T Cell Response toMycobacterium tuberculosisand Exacerbates the Outcome of Infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2005; 175:3268-72. [PMID: 16116218 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.5.3268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Although dendritic cells (DC) are potent APC that prime T cells against many pathogens, there is no direct evidence that DC are required for immunity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection. The requirement for DC to prime the CD4+ T cell response following Mtb infection was investigated using pCD11c-diptheria toxin receptor/GFP transgenic mice, in which DC can be transiently ablated in vivo. We show a critical role for DC in initiation of the CD4+ T cell response to the mycobacterial Ag early secretory Ag of tuberculosis 6. The delay in initiating the Ag-specific T cell response led to impaired control of Mtb replication. Interestingly, DC were not required for the secondary CD4+ T cell response following Mtb infection in peptide-vaccinated mice. Thus, this study shows that DC are essential for the initiation of the adaptive T cell response to the human pathogen Mtb.
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- Tian Tian
- Division of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Grode L, Seiler P, Baumann S, Hess J, Brinkmann V, Nasser Eddine A, Mann P, Goosmann C, Bandermann S, Smith D, Bancroft GJ, Reyrat JM, van Soolingen D, Raupach B, Kaufmann SHE. Increased vaccine efficacy against tuberculosis of recombinant Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin mutants that secrete listeriolysin. J Clin Invest 2005; 115:2472-9. [PMID: 16110326 PMCID: PMC1187936 DOI: 10.1172/jci24617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 418] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2005] [Accepted: 06/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The tuberculosis vaccine Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) was equipped with the membrane-perforating listeriolysin (Hly) of Listeria monocytogenes, which was shown to improve protection against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Following aerosol challenge, the Hly-secreting recombinant BCG (hly+ rBCG) vaccine was shown to protect significantly better against aerosol infection with M. tuberculosis than did the parental BCG strain. The isogenic, urease C-deficient hly+ rBCG (DeltaureC hly+ rBCG) vaccine, providing an intraphagosomal pH closer to the acidic pH optimum for Hly activity, exhibited still higher vaccine efficacy than parental BCG. DeltaureC hly+ rBCG also induced profound protection against a member of the M. tuberculosis Beijing/W genotype family while parental BCG failed to do so consistently. Hly not only promoted antigen translocation into the cytoplasm but also apoptosis of infected macrophages. We concluded that superior vaccine efficacy of DeltaureC hly+ rBCG as compared with parental BCG is primarily based on improved cross-priming, which causes enhanced T cell-mediated immunity.
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- Leander Grode
- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany
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Makinoshima H, Glickman MS. Regulation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell envelope composition and virulence by intramembrane proteolysis. Nature 2005; 436:406-9. [PMID: 16034419 PMCID: PMC1502149 DOI: 10.1038/nature03713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2005] [Accepted: 05/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is a continuing global health crisis that kills 2 million people each year. Although the structurally diverse lipids of the M. tuberculosis cell envelope each have non-redundant roles in virulence or persistence, the molecular mechanisms regulating cell envelope composition in M. tuberculosis are undefined. In higher eukaryotes, membrane composition is controlled by site two protease (S2P)-mediated cleavage of sterol regulatory element binding proteins, membrane-bound transcription factors that control lipid biosynthesis. S2P is the founding member of a widely distributed family of membrane metalloproteases that cleave substrate proteins within transmembrane segments. Here we show that a previously uncharacterized M. tuberculosis S2P homologue (Rv2869c) regulates M. tuberculosis cell envelope composition, growth in vivo and persistence in vivo. These results establish that regulated intramembrane proteolysis is a conserved mechanism controlling membrane composition in prokaryotes and show that this proteolysis is a proximal regulator of cell envelope virulence determinants in M. tuberculosis.
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- Hideki Makinoshima
- Immunology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, New York 10021, USA
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